upskirt photo

Our local paparazzi are obsessed with getting shots of celebrities in skirts uncrossing their legs while seated at parties or formal events. This kind of picture is constant fodder for gossip magazines. Depending on how popular the celebrities are, their pictures might make it to the magazine covers and become widely distributed on the internet. A post to Yahoo!Answers (Hong Kong version) says that this kind of picture (Accidental exposure when seated) is called "upskirt photo". Does this term register with you? Is it okay to say

The gossip magazine issued an apology in Feb edition for publishing an upskirt photo of a celebrity during a fund-raising event after 10000 women took to the street to protest against it.

Thank you~ Yes, I shouldn't rule out some of them may be intentional. Some vacuous C-list celebrities do make a habit of exposing themselves a little bit to cameras deliberately as a desperate attempt to get mentioned in gossip magazines or, if it's a slow week, make the front covers.

Thank you, perpend. Does "compromising photo" fit my example? I just looked under Google Images for the sake of finding out the truth. Most of them were some people being caught in an embarrassing position that would leave themselves open to wild speculation.

Hi redgiant, I am so wrong! I would have hyphenated (up-skirt) or used "up-the-skirt", but you are/were right, of course.

Upskirt refers to the practice of making unauthorized photographs under a female's skirt, capturing an image of her crotch area andunderwear. The term "upskirt" can also refer to a video, illustration or photograph which incorporates the upskirt image. The term is also sometimes used to refer generically to any voyeur photography – i.e. catching an image of somebody unaware in a private moment.